The most effective way to change people’s behavior -- about energy use or anything else -- is simply not to give them too much of a choice in the matter. You also need to nudge them in the right direction by giving them information that is personalized -- that is, immediately relevant...

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Jim Rogers was in Washington, D.C. recently to speak at a conference and, because the former CEO of Duke Energy is a current member of the Board of Directors of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), staff at SEPA’s D.C. office got to sit down with him for an informal talk. At the ...

Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has issued the following statement from President and CEO Julia Hamm on the release by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) of its new Distributed Energy Resources Rate Design and Compensation Manual. “Perhaps one of...

The most effective way to change people’s behavior -- about energy use or anything else -- is simply not to give them too much of a choice in the matter. You also need to nudge them in the right direction by giving them information that is personalized -- that is, immediately relevant...

I was recently in Columbus, Ohio for a meeting of the Midwestern Governors Association (MGA) focused on Grid Modernization: Understanding Technology Advancements , an event that gave me two different, but definitely complementary views of the evolving future of our energy system. Duri...

Addressing the Locational Valuation Challenge for Distributed Energy Resources ,” was rooted in what both organizations saw as a key obstacle to utility integration of these distributed technologies on the grid. Distributed energy resources (DERs) are at the center of a range of polic...

SEPA Names Obama Administration Official Mike Kruger as Director of Communications Washington, D.C. | Oct. 24, 2016 The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has named Mike Kruger as the educational nonprofit’s new Director of Communications. Kruger most recently served in the Obama Ad...